Restructuring Uganda's Coffee Industry [electronic resource] : Why Going Back To The Basics Matters / Baffes, John
Material type:
TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2006Description: 1 online resource (29 p.)Subject(s): Agriculture | Coffee | Coffee Board | Coffee Exports | Coffee Growers | Coffee Industry | Coffee Prices | Coffee Production | Coffee Sector | Commodity | Cotton | Crop | Crops | Crops and Crop Management Systems | Cultivation | Farm | Ginneries | High Yielding Varieties | Replanting | Seeds | Tea | WiltAdditional physical formats: Baffes, John.: Restructuring Uganda's Coffee Industry.Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing. Most existing analyses see the sector's problems as quality deterioration, poor marketing position in the global market, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. Recommendations range from setting up a coffee auction to increasing the share of specialty coffees. This paper concludes that such advice has been largely inconsistent with the stylized facts of the Ugandan coffee industry. It argues that the coffee wilt disease and the effectiveness of the coffee replanting program are the two key issues on which policymakers and the donor community should focus their activities and allocate their resources.
After experiencing a boom during the mid-1990s, the performance of Uganda's coffee industry has been disappointing. Most existing analyses see the sector's problems as quality deterioration, poor marketing position in the global market, weak regulatory framework, and poor infrastructure. Recommendations range from setting up a coffee auction to increasing the share of specialty coffees. This paper concludes that such advice has been largely inconsistent with the stylized facts of the Ugandan coffee industry. It argues that the coffee wilt disease and the effectiveness of the coffee replanting program are the two key issues on which policymakers and the donor community should focus their activities and allocate their resources.
There are no comments on this title.